How Do You Teach A Child To Read Words?
Teaching a child to read can be a fascinating and sometimes trying experience. The most important thing to remember as the adult is that learning to read, even the simplest of words, needs to be a fun and successful event in a child’s life. So be patient, introduce new words slowly. Most importantly, be sure to celebrate the success. Verify that the child is confident with the 26 letters of the alphabet and each letter’s most common sound. For vowels, make sure that they are familiar with the short vowel sounds since this is more common than long vowel sounds in beginner words. Make a list of five three-letter words that sound out phonetically and have the same short vowel sound. An easy list is those that have a short “a” such as bat, cat, fat, hat and mat. Write each word out neatly using lowercase letters. Model sounding out a word, by pointing to the first letter and saying the phonetic sound, then moving along to the second letter and then the third. Repeat the phonetic sounds of
